And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie (4.0)
One of my favorite things about Agatha Christie novels is how seldom I can guess the outcome! It’s wonderful to be surprised. I had read this book many years ago and still couldn’t remember ‘who done it’. Except for a handful of racist comments at the beginning (which definitely gave us an idea of the time and type of characters but were quite jarring today), the story holds up well: 9 people invited to a remote island by a somewhat familiar though ultimately unknown host. One by one a visitor is murdered and one of the ceramic Indian figures (of the song) are broken. Inspection of the island proves no additional people are there and the killer must be one of the original 9. I watched the movie from 1945 afterward. While having some great old actors, the ending was truly ‘Hollywood’ and disappointing. The book’s ending is much better.
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